Passage
After two dayes will he reuiue vs, and in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight.
Hosea 6:2 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hath spoyled, and he will heale vs: he hath wounded vs, and he will binde vs vp.
Hosea 6:2 After two dayes will he reuiue vs, and in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight.
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "after", "dayes", "reuiue", "third", "raise", "shall", "liue", and "sight". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "dayes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Come and let vs returne to the..." into verse 3's "Then shall we haue knowledge and indeuour...", so "after" and "dayes" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "dayes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.